Actually... this is a blue-state depression. Those states that advocate socialist behavior like unionization and it's inflated cost of labor, diversification where they are footing another country's healthcare and educational costs. It is those states that promote 'green progressiveness' which is actually a green fist in a velvet glove are the state's that are failing.

And the country this nimrod wants to take is the path that those states have followed to get where they are.